January 17, 2019

More Disney trip reports and more paper busted

I am loving the challenge to use as much patterned paper as possible this month and the challenge to not use cardstock. It is taking me totally out of my comfort zone which is very good for me.

I have a couple of pages to share as I am scrapping A LOT at the moment.

This first page is a scraplift from Elaine. I loved her page so much I just wanted a version in my own album. It was great fun to make and surprisingly easy too

The photo is from Holderness and Squam Lake where they filmed On Golden Pond.

This was just a daft one. Nigel really liked the photos and asked me to use them (I am not so keen). I always paddle just that little bit too far and he caught me just after I had been soaked.

Today I am thankful for

a lovely chillaxed day with scrapping and art

the fact I am not Theresa May. I would hate to be in her shoes and I feel very very sorry for her. With the fiasco of our government on all sides from all parties I am also not terribly thankful to be British today!

Monday 29th October

The One with a New Land

Another early start for us, but then we don’t go on vacations to lie in – we do that the rest of the year! We headed off to the Contemporary and Chef Mickey’s. It is one character meal we have done before but heck – it’s the big 5. Now to non-Disney people (and legend has it there ARE some non-Disney people in the world but I am not sure that isn’t just a myth) the big 5 refers to a safari and seeing lions, leopards, buffalo, rhino and elephant on safari. However, Disney people know it refers to Mickey, Minnie, Donald, Pluto and Goofy.

We were early – yes I guess you saw that one coming – but were seated early and again it was very well organized, though the server with the drinks could have been a little more attentive.

The food was lovely. It isn’t fancy – we don’t like fancy – and a lot is designed for kids but it is what we like and again we thoroughly enjoyed it, in spite of Nigel getting very side-tracked by spotting Davina McCall on the next table. The character interactions were great and I know people worry about the cleanliness of buffets but we had a ton of them this trip and never got sick. But then we are meticulous about where we take the food from – always the back out of breath and sneeze and finger reach. And don’t get me started on the anti bacterial wipes I carry everywhere.

Breakfast done we had a little wander round the contemporary nd then headed off to one of our favourite theme parks – Walmart. Yes, we know we are sat but we don’t have Walmart and everything always seems so exciting and different and stupidly cheap. We went with a purpose today though. Having been in so many hotels this trip Nigel hit on a perfect solution for us. In order to find our way to the toilet in the dark, rather than leaving the light on in there which is just way too bright when you get up in the night – as we both do as we are old – we needed a little child’s nightlight plugged in. It worked like a dream and will travel with us on every other trip we ever make anywhere now! Oh, and I bought two pairs of lovely crops for the princely sum of $5 a piece.

Back home to Riverside and we headed to the pool to relax and do laundry. Goodness wouldn’t it be nice to do your laundry by a pool all the time. We even had free laundry as the engineer was in there servicing the machines and as we went to load and then pay said ‘oh heck this one’s on us’ and we didn’t pay. An hour or so sunning and swimming and everything was washed and dried and we returned to the room to shower and head off to MGM. I am sorry it will never be Hollywood Studios for us.

We hadn’t seen Toy Story Land yet and it was very cute. We wandered and soaked up the atmosphere, though the sun was in the wrong direction for many of the shots we would have liked to get. We needed to be there in the morning. We had a ride on Toy Story Midway Mania and I am so sorry to say Nigel beat me. Devastated is a better word. We collected a frap from the Trolley Car Café and we also caught a Little Mermaid show. I love that show every time I see it. I am a sucker for the bubbles.

Having eaten a lot for breakfast hours and hours ago we were ready to hit one of our favourite fast food places – Rosie’s All American café. I love where it is, I love eating and people watching, but we both sadly reminisced about the last time we sat there, wrapped up against the cold and watching Sunshine Seasons Greetings – still my second favourite nighttime show to see. Nigel even had a free cupcake as they saw it was his birthday. It was the most amazingly vile looking Halloween concoction with boba beads and gummy worms and bright bright colours (which Nigel saw the after-effects of the following day but enough about that!)

Dinner eaten we rode Tower of Terror. It is just such an amazing ride. The theming is superb and goes back to when we think Disney Imagineers did things properly. Money was spent on making it well themed and keeping the integrity of the area. And the ride thrills us every single time. By then it was getting dark and time to climb the hill to Fantasmic. That is my all time favourite. I love the music,(it is my ring tone on my phone) I love the story telling, I love the atmosphere. It is just wonderful. What we don’t like is the circuitous way they take you out – the back way and you think that’s OK we will be right near the park exit when we come out and you are so not, you are still a way from the exit and the other night show is going on and its just plain silly and bad organization. Anyway rant over, we fought our way through the crowds and shelpped back to the car. It had been yet another great day. We were too tired for even a cookie sandwich!

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All About Me

I am Scrapdolly - frequently answering to just Dolly. I live with my soulmate Nigel, two cats and a Fiki monster and I love to scrap. Scrapping is my creative outlet, my daily therapy, my sanity restorer and where I meet my friends. Come share it with me.